A 39 year old suspect was found guilty over killing of journalist Mel Gunasekara and handed in death sentence by Colombo High Court today. High Court Judge Piyasena Ranasinghe held that the crime committed by the suspect who was employed as plumber was proven during the trial.
In addition to the death penalty, the suspect was sentenced 30 years imprisonment for stealing victim's belongings after the murder. Late Ms Gunasekara was stabbed to death at her residence in Battramulla on February 2, 2014.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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